The China-Laos Railway runs international passenger trains on April 13, stopping at 8 stations, including Kunming South and Pu'er.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the clue delivery that you can change your name again! CTOnews.com, April 10, China Railway official account issued a statement that the China-Laos Railway will run international passenger trains from Kunming South Station and Vientiane Station on April 13. Train access can be realized between Kunming and Vientiane on the same day. At 9: 00 on April 11, railway departments of the two countries will sell international passenger train tickets at the same time.

CTOnews.com learned from the official that the international passenger train of the China-Laos Railway adopts a day-to-day operation mode, with one train in each direction every day, and stops at eight stations in Kunming South, Pu'er, Xishuangbanna, Mohan, Moding, Luang Prabang, Wanrong and Vientiane. The whole journey time, including the customs clearance time at the railway port, is 10 hours and 30 minutes, and the same-day access can be realized between Kunming and Vientiane. Among them, D887 from southern Kunming to Vientiane started at 8:08 Beijing time and arrived at Vientiane at 18:38 that day, and D888 from Vientiane to southern Kunming started at 9:08 Beijing time and reached southern Kunming at 19:38 on the same day.

The international passenger train of China-Laos Railway operates with a power-concentrated "Fuxing" and "Lancang" EMU with a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour and 9 trains, including 1 power car, 1 first-class car and 1 dining car, and 6 second-class carriages with a total capacity of 720 people. under each group of seats are equipped with Chinese and Lao standard power sockets, passenger information display, broadcasting and service signs are in Chinese, Lao and English.

The international passenger train of China-Laos Railway adopts the customs clearance mode of "co-location". Take the international passenger train from Kunming south to Vientiane as an example, the specific customs clearance process is as follows:

After the train arrives at Mohan Station of China Railway Port Station, cross-border passengers must bring all their luggage into the exit joint inspection area, and cooperate with Chinese customs officers to complete the exit joint inspection and return to the train to continue their journey.

After the train runs to Moding Station of Laos Railway Port Station, passengers must get off with all their luggage and enter the joint entry inspection area. After completing the joint entry inspection with Lao customs officers, passengers arriving at Moding station can directly leave the station and passengers who go to other stations in Laos will return to the train to continue their journey.

The customs clearance process of international passenger trains from Vientiane to south Kunming is the same. It takes about 1.5 hours for passengers to clear customs at one time for exit and entry, and about 3 hours for customs clearance at the port of entry and exit.